wild or what?

[phukan@email.unc.edu (shantanu phukan)]

Can anyone in the Triangle area tell me if the Hooded Mergansers and
the Common Goldeneye on the lake at Duke Gardens are wild and thus
countable? I just spent a half-hour ogling them and marvelling at how
mallard-like they all were in their shameless pursuit of handouts from
tourists. On the other hand the Mergansers were flying around quite
swiftly and thus could not have had their wings clipped. 

Shantanu Phukan
C Hill